Data-access speeds under the spotlight 
Video Organisations want fast access to valuable data, but are they getting it? [04 Nov 2009]
Assessing the enterprise future of solid-state storage
Video Four experts assess the likelihood of viable enterprise solid-state disks [02 Nov 2009]
Intel pulls SSD firmware over Windows 7 clash
News Users of Intel's first 34nm solid-state drives have reported serious problems when installing new firmware for the drives on Windows 7 systems [28 Oct 2009]
Chapter and verse on the big challenges in storage
Video Four experts offer their take on the top issues in data management [20 Oct 2009]
HP StorageWorks X510 Data Vault
Review Don't let its size or consumer heritage fool you: the StorageWorks X510 is a powerful backup, sharing and remote access solution that's ideal for smaller offices with limited IT support. [19 Oct 2009]
IBM adds flash to storage virtualisation
News The new version of IBM's SAN Volume Controller allows enterprises to integrate solid-state drives into a virtualised storage environment [19 Oct 2009]
Sun introduces 2TB flash storage array
News The F5100 Flash Array will deliver a low-power performance boost to transaction-heavy database operations, while cutting power usage [13 Oct 2009]
HP StorageWorks X500 Data Vault
Blog At first glance, HP's newly-announced StorageWorks X500 Data Vault range of NAS devices bear more than a passing resemblance to its recently-updated range of MediaSmart Servers that are powered by... [30 Sep 2009]
USB 3.0 external hard drive: Buffalo DriveStation HD-UX3
Blog Hot on the heels of the first certified USB 3.0 product to become commercially available — NEC's µPD720200 host controller chip — is what Buffalo Technology claims is the first device you'll be... [28 Sep 2009]
Dialogue Box 7.2: From Ramac to SSD
Video Charles and Rupert outline the development of hard disk and solid-state storage from the 1950s to the present day [25 Sep 2009]
LaCie 12big
Blog Storage vendor LaCie has been showing off its new 12big rack-mounted storage box aimed at media and graphics companies. LaCie, best-known for its standalone storage systems, says that there's... [24 Sep 2009]
Intel predicts imminent SSD mass adoption
News IDF 2009: Although hard disks are generally more economical, a pricing breakthrough may bring SSDs to the corporate desktop in large numbers, according to the chipmaker [24 Sep 2009]
Toshiba brings out business-card-sized SSDs
News One of the modules, made using a 32nm manufacturing process, uses the newly announced mini-Sata interface specification that is intended for SSDs in netbooks and other portable devices [22 Sep 2009]
Seagate Barracuda XT: third-generation SATA
Blog Seagate has announced global shipment of its new flagship 3.5in. desktop hard drive, the 2TB Barracuda XT. This four-platter, 7,200rpm drive not only includes a hefty 64MB cache, but is also the... [22 Sep 2009]
HP pushes integration with new Blade Switches
News HP adds networking infrastructure to its blade product line, following industry moves to tighter integration both of products and business units [17 Sep 2009]
Data Robotics DroboPro
Review DroboPro is a business-class RAID storage array that accepts virtually any SATA disk on the market, supports iSCSI and pretty much looks after itself. What more could you want? [17 Sep 2009]
Pliant unveils family of enterprise-ready SSDs
News Pliant's Lightning drives sport software architecture and a proprietary ASIC controller design promising to improve performance and reliability while reducing cost and energy consumption [15 Sep 2009]
The best of both worlds: Adaptec MaxIQ SSD caching
Blog Solid State Drives (SSDs) are far faster than hard disk drives; they also use less power and generate less heat, but are far more expensive (especially for the enterprise-grade Single Layer Cell,... [14 Sep 2009]
HDS delivers 2PB in mid-range network storage
News Hitachi Data Systems launches two new NAS devices built on BlueArc hardware, offering a maximum capacity of up to two petabytes [08 Sep 2009]
From The Labs: How to break a big USB stick
Video From The Labs switches to accident investigation mode as Rupert Goodwins explains what happened to the 256GB USB stick lent to him by Charles McLellan [04 Sep 2009]
Western Digital ships high-speed 2TB hard drive
News The hardware maker launches the Caviar Black and RE4 high-performance, 7,200rpm, 2TB hard drives for desktop and enterprise use [03 Sep 2009]
NetApp refreshes datacentre OS for the cloud
News The storage firm has combined its Data Ontap 7 enterprise platform and Data Ontap GX clustered computing platform into a single codebase tailored to cloud deployments [26 Aug 2009]
Teradata puts data in 'hot' storage
News The datawarehousing provider has released a virtual storage tool that gives priority to the data accessed most by a business [25 Aug 2009]
Hitachi ships fastest 2TB disk drive
News The Deskstar 7K2000 is the first 2TB drive to run at 7,200 rpm, competing with 2TB products from Seagate and Western Digital [06 Aug 2009]
Toshiba to launch first 64GB SDXC card
News The manufacturer says the memory card will be the largest and fastest yet in the SDXC format [05 Aug 2009]
Kingston's Big Stick
Blog When we saw the press release announcing Kingston's 256GB Data Traveler 300 USB Flash drive, we had to get one — if only to verify that this thing really does deliver a quarter of a terabyte of... [04 Aug 2009]
EMC wins Data Domain storage acquisition battle
Blog After a good old fashioned bidding battle, storage company EMC has won control of storage company Data Domain over rival suitor storage company NetApp. DataDomain is best known for its... [09 Jul 2009]
Compact Hot Flashes
Blog No not a new medical condition. Well I spent the day at home yesterday working on a code project for a system release I'm about to do. It was a nice change of pace from having to ride home @ 5... [24 Jun 2009]
HP surprised by Oracle's Sun purchase
Blog In a time when the modern IT executive stays almost locked to a Blackberry it is hard to catch them by a surprising bit of news. All the more gratifying then to catch out a few of them at the... [21 Apr 2009]
HP launches all-in-one data system Matrix
Blog HP has launched data BladeSystem Matrix as a converged system that offers software, server, storage and networking in one package intended to make it easy to install a complete data centre... [21 Apr 2009]
